more_secrets_than_fishes (02:10:13 pm):  the internet is a transient medium. 
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:10:32 pm): people come and go, moving around the web in 
seconds, minutes. 
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:10:54 pm): identity can be fluid, fantastical, and impermanent. 
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:11:17 pm): when  i first began chatting in 1996,
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:11:24 pm): webcams were few and far between, and many 
chat programs did not support  them. 
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:12:00 pm): i saw my first webcam last fall, and the images i 
saw fascinated me. 
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:14:25 pm): intimate in a way that the camera rarely ever sees,
it gave faces to the ever-changing nics and fonts of the room where i spent much of my time. 
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:14:28 pm): these portraits are some of the faces of the people 
i have come to know over the last two years in the books & literature rooms of yahoo.  
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:14:35 pm): art, like life, is not created in a vacuum. 
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:14:41 pm): there are many people i would like  to thank for their
help, support, and participation in this project. 
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:14:58 pm): first, i want to thank every single person who sat for
 these portraits, or sent me images to paint. there will be more portraits done, as time permits. 
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:15:16 pm): and i would also like to thank matt horst, shirley baker,
my mother and jack, shelley featherstone, frank groenstege of kober computers, and beth and 
randy stewart for their assistance. 
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:16:17 pm): i would also like to especially thank kimik335kimik, 
gwenofth and colormusic for their unending support and companionship. 
more_secrets_than_fishes (02:16:39 pm): havahappy